The 4 Ways People Rationalize Eating Meat

The 4 Ways People Rationalize Eating Meat(nymag.com)

3 points by tomwalker 11 years ago | 4 comments

I've hunted myself - a little. Shot, skinned, butchered, cooked and eaten small game. Mmmmmmmm, rabbit pie.

I have never understood people who eat meat, but can't stomach the idea of killing and preparing it themselves.

JoeAltmaier 11 years ago | |

Take it in context, its not so weird.

I don't like to wash my own dishes - gross. Does that mean I should stop eating entirely?

I won't build my own car either - greasy, hot and dangerous. I don't weave cloth to make my own clothes. I don't cut my own hair. I don't do my own plumbing.

All of these are unpalatable for one reason or another. I guess I'll walk naked, hairy and hungry and dump on the ground.

duncan_bayne 11 years ago | | |

"Does that mean I should stop eating entirely?"

No, but to continue that simile, you should probably stop bitching about people who choose to wash their own dishes.

JakDrako 11 years ago |

Industrial agriculture also implies an animal death toll, even if only indirectly: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ordering-vegeta...